''Webdreams'' is Canadian

documentary series Television documentaries are televised media productions that screen documentaries. Television documentaries exist either as a television documentary series or as a television documentary film. *Television documentary series, sometimes called ...

that originally aired on

Showcase Showcase or vitrine may refer to: *Cabinet (furniture) *Display case Music * ''Showcase'' (Bill Anderson album), 1964 * ''Showcase'' (Patsy Cline album), 1961 * ''Showcase'' (Buddy Holly album), 1964 * ''Showcase'' (Philly Joe Jones album), 1959 ...

and IFC from 2005 to 2008. Each season of the series followed a rotating cast of individuals who work in the

internet pornography Internet pornography is any pornography that is accessible over the internet, primarily via websites, FTP servers peer-to-peer file sharing, or Usenet newsgroups. The availability of widespread public access to the World Wide Web in late 19 ...

industry.

Overview

''Webdreams'' was produced by the Montreal-based production company Galafilm. The series was directed by Ziad Touma, Joshua Dorsey, Paul Kell, and Christie Callan-Jones, with Touma, Dorsey, and Gregory Fine as writers, and Arnie Gelbart, Michael Kronish, Gregory Fine as producers. The series originally aired on

as part of the network's "Fridays Without Borders"

programming block Block programming is the arrangement of programs on radio or television so that those of a particular genre, theme, or target audience are united. Overview Block programming involves scheduling a series of related shows which are likely to attra ...

, which featured adult-themed television programming.

Season 1

The eight-episode first season of ''Webdreams'' filmed from January to November 2004, and premiered on September 2, 2005. Filmed primarily in

Montreal Montreal ( ; officially Montréal, ) is the second-most populous city in Canada and most populous city in the Canadian province of Quebec. Founded in 1642 as '' Ville-Marie'', or "City of Mary", it is named after Mount Royal, the triple- ...

, the season focuses on the following individuals: * Dave Angelo, a bisexual performer in gay pornographic films for Colt Studios * Dugmor, a

web designer Web design encompasses many different skills and disciplines in the production and maintenance of websites. The different areas of web design include web graphic design; user interface design (UI design); authoring, including standardised code an ...

and pornography producer * Katrina, a pornographic film actress and host of the web reality series ''Pornstar Académie 2'' * Laurelle, a

webcam model A webcam model ( colloquially, camgirl, camboy, or cammodel) is a video performer who streams on the Internet with a live webcam broadcast. A webcam model often performs erotic acts online, such as stripping, masturbation, or sex acts in excha ...

for 2much * Malezia, an emerging pornographic film actress and Dugmor's protégé

Season 2

The second season of ''Webdreams'' premiered on April 7, 2007, and consisted of twelve episodes. Edited from 800 hours of footage, the season was filmed in Canada, Amsterdam, Paris, Miami, New York City, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, and Panama City, and focused on the following individuals: * Angelique, a pornographic actress * Diesel, a webcam model * Lance and Alexandra, married pornographic performers * Uncle D, a pornography producer known as "the Canadian Assman" * Vid Vicious, founder of the Montreal-based pornography website MSM Crew * Violet Manson, an

alt porn Alternative porn (also known as alt porn, alternaporn, or simply alt in context), a shortening of "alternative pornography", is a subgenre of pornography that is centered around alternative subcultures, such as goths, punks, emos, scenes, skater ...

model

Season 3

The third season of ''Webdreams'' premiered on September 5, 2008, and consisted of ten episodes. The season was filmed in Toronto, Montreal, Newfoundland, New York, Los Angeles, Las Vegas, Miami, Buenos Aires and the Dominican Republic, and was edited from over 600 hours of footage. The season focused on the following individuals: * Chad and Chris, founders of the Los Angeles-based gay pornography website Jet Set Men * Jordan, a pornography producer * Maxine X, a Toronto-based fetish pornography actress * Paris, a webcam model * Seven, a pornography producer * Tommy Pistol, a pornographic film actor

Reception

In 2006, ''Webdreams'' was nominated for a

Gemini Award The Gemini Awards were awards given by the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television between 1986–2011 to recognize the achievements of Canada's television industry. The Gemini Awards are analogous to the Emmy Awards given in the United State ...

for Best Direction in a Documentary Series.

References

External links

*
''Webdreams''
on Showcase (link defunct)
''Webdreams''
on Galafilm {{Showcase programming (Canada) Showcase (Canadian TV channel) original programming Television series by Corus Entertainment 2005 Canadian television series debuts 2000s Canadian documentary television series